2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
| 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Courmayeur, Italy |
| Dates | 25–27 February |
| Competitors | 159 from 33 nations |
| 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 1500 m super final | men | women |
| 3000 m relay | men | women |
The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 25 and 27 February 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink.[1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.[2]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 |  Italy* | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  China | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 |  France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |
Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
89 pts | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
76 pts | Wu Dajing China |
40 pts |
| 500 metres |
Liu Songbo China |
43.065 | Wu Dajing China |
50.424 | No Medal Awarded* | - |
| 1000 metres |
Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
1:26.049 | Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
1:26.086 | Shi Jingnan China |
1:26.312 |
| 1500 metres |
Seo Yi-ra South Korea |
2:20.410 | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain |
2:20.592 | Lee Hyo-been South Korea |
2:20.663 |
| 3000 metre relay |
France Thibault Crolet Vincent Giannitrapani Sébastien Lepape Alexis Yang |
4:08.911 | Japan Minto Sekai Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Masashi Yoshikawa |
4:09.923 | Canada Patrick Duffy Pier-Olivier Gagnon Maxime Gauthier Alexandre St-Jean |
4:15.867 |
- No medal was awarded in the men's 500 metre event, because the other two skaters were disqualified.[3]
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea |
68 pts | Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
68 pts | Martina Valcepina Italy |
50 pts |
| 500 metres |
Martina Valcepina Italy |
45.136 | Lara van Ruijven Netherlands |
45.470 | Lin Meng China |
45.622 |
| 1000 metres |
Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
1:31.336 | Noh Do-hee South Korea |
1:31.446 | Xiao Han China |
1:31.527 |
| 1500 metres |
Cheon Hee-jung South Korea |
2:28.227 | Ahn Se-jung South Korea |
2:28.316 | Lin Meng China |
2:28.858 |
| 3000 metre relay |
Italy Yelenia Tota Arianna Valcepina Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani |
4:20.004 | Canada Laurie Marceau Cynthia Mascitto Ann-Véronique Michaud Courtney Shmyr |
4:20.166 | China Jin Jingzhu Lin Meng Xiao Han Zhang Shaoyang |
4:32.995 |
Participating nations
[edit]159 athletes from 33 countries participated.[4]
Argentina (2)
Australia (6)
Austria (2)
Belgium (4)
Belarus (4)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
Bulgaria (7)- Canada (8)
- China (8)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Croatia (5)
Czech Republic (3)- France (5)
Germany (7)- Great Britain (4)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (8)
India (1)- Italy (8)
- Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (7)
Latvia (4)
Lithuania (1)- Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (6)
Romania (6)
Russia (8)
Slovakia (2)- South Korea (8)
Sweden (1)
Ukraine (6)
United States (8)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships Announcement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Qualification System 1 Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ Entries[dead link]